Environmental law professor Jody Freeman urged to cut ties with ConocoPhillips, which pays her more than $350,000 a year
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The railway company has contributed about $98,000 during the past six years to Ohio statewide and legislative candidates. 
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Gas utilities and industry trade groups are fighting across the country to prohibit municipalities from taking steps to cut greenhouse gas pollution from buildings, efforts those utilities and groups view as an existential threat, NPR and the Washington Post report.
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Blackstone, which has more than $500 billion in assets under management, hired David Urban earlier this year to join its ranks of outside lobbyists.
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Watchdogs say Americans’ priorities in peril when former members of Congress take foreign paychecks
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This is what happens when our politicians are more loyal to money than they are to their country.
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In the run up to the US Presidential Election, Mining Technology looks at the top campaign funders and lobbying activities in the US mining industry.
Occupy Hades's insight:
The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced that it will allow companies to monitor their waste dumping activities and to keep track of the levels of pollution themselves. No one yet knows what that means, but everyone is certain that no corporate polluter can be trusted. So it's a good idea to keep up with their political activities, starting with their lobbyists.
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The derailment ‘obfuscates’ the broader trend of improved railroad safety, one analyst said.
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A propane industry group is illegally paying influencers to promote propane and oppose building electrification, the GAO warns.
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Political conventions may be the Super Bowl of lobbying. And this year, no in-person conventions means the lobbyists are also staying home.
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Forty lobbyists with ties to U.S. President Donald Trump helped clients secure more than US$10 billion in federal coronavirus aid, among them five former administration officials whose work potentially violates Trump's own ethics policy, according to a report.
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Brian Ballard has represented private prisons and foreign governments. Now he’s setting his sights on the pandemic response.
Occupy Hades's insight:
Take a moment to ask yourself this one question: 'Why is it that rich people and corporations are still cashing in on coronavirus relief, but all you got was one check for 1200 dollars?'
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